TexasBill
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What someone likes is their business: I don't have to pay for it; I don't have to deal with it and they are perfectly free to not care at all about what I might think of it.
However, these days I am neither a cop nor a soldier and I don't feel a need for the tools that they need to perform their duties. I don't have any need for all the extra doodads; I don't have any need for flash-bang grenades or tear gas, either.
IMHO, any weapon can be tactical, assuming one has tactics for using it. "Spray and pray" is not a tactical option in a SD situation; something about collateral damages and liabilities. As for flashlights, as Archie mentioned, we used to call them aiming points. We were trained to hold the flashlight in our right hand extended away from the body. If all an adversary has to do is shoot into the light, attaching one to something in front of my face probably isn't all that good an idea. Just my opinion and I won't put anyone down for thinking otherwise.
In the end, it doesn't make any difference whether you're happy with a 1903 Springfield, the latest evil black rifle with so many accessories that you have to hunt for the actual firearm, or anything else: if it works for you, that's all that really matters.
However, these days I am neither a cop nor a soldier and I don't feel a need for the tools that they need to perform their duties. I don't have any need for all the extra doodads; I don't have any need for flash-bang grenades or tear gas, either.
IMHO, any weapon can be tactical, assuming one has tactics for using it. "Spray and pray" is not a tactical option in a SD situation; something about collateral damages and liabilities. As for flashlights, as Archie mentioned, we used to call them aiming points. We were trained to hold the flashlight in our right hand extended away from the body. If all an adversary has to do is shoot into the light, attaching one to something in front of my face probably isn't all that good an idea. Just my opinion and I won't put anyone down for thinking otherwise.
In the end, it doesn't make any difference whether you're happy with a 1903 Springfield, the latest evil black rifle with so many accessories that you have to hunt for the actual firearm, or anything else: if it works for you, that's all that really matters.